I can live with it, but I do have one request. Before you ask for a picture, can you make sure the flash is working on your cell phone?

I can keep a smile for only so long.

Like a lot of people, I assumed that the Board of Supervisors' vote to limit public nudity in San Francisco was going to be unanimous.

Instead it was a 6-5 split, with all the supervisors who voted to reinstate suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi voting against the measure.

In my view, the big winner in the fight was the law's author, Supervisor Scott Wiener, who just made a name for himself and who I suspect is already making moves to become the next board president.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't already cut a deal with current President David Chiu, who is looking more and more like a candidate for the Assembly.

I have a secret to reveal after all these years of public banquets. I rarely if ever eat Chinese food. I broke that rule last week when, at the insistence of my Russian friend, I had my first experience with dim sum.

I actually enjoyed it. You sit down and a little cart shows up with selections. You point, you eat, you pay. In and out with half the wait of a regular restaurant.

I have another secret to share. I didn't eat the bun part of the steamed buns, only the filling.

The buns looked too uncooked.

This was the first election in a long time where going on cable TV for the postgame analysis was more fun than the pregame debates.

Never have I seen so many people trying to explain how they spent so much to achieve so little.

And now TV Democrats, who just a couple of weeks back were privately sweating bullets, are explaining how superior they are.

If the 49ers don't play Alex Smith once he gets better, they are going to screw up his self-confidence beyond belief.

As for Colin Kaepernick, whom everyone is so hopped up about, let's remember - he had a great first half against the Bears, but the second half was pretty ordinary.

Bad news for San Francisco: The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl is moving south to the 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara.

Once again the city fell down. I urged Mayor Ed Lee and his operation not to ignore bowl backers. But they did and now it's gone, and with it thousands of out-of-town fans who spent good money on hotels and restaurants.

We're also losing the national exposure, because people were finally starting to watch the game.

I inaugurated the first bowl game at AT&T Park when I was mayor. The crowd was so small I felt like I was the only person there.

Now it's big time. Sad to say, it's also gone.

One of my favorite events of the season is the lighting of the Embarcadero Center towers and the opening of the ice rink at Justin Herman Plaza.

This year was no exception. It was just spectacular in every way.

But it was raining during the opening ceremony, and I didn't see the ice.

I went down hard. When I looked up, the first thing I saw was this bearded face looking back down at me.

For a brief moment, I thought I'd died and come face to face with the devil himself.